Sunshine
#2,259 most common girls' name of all time · #3,849 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1905–2025
Rank among girls
#2,259
Rank overall
#3,849 of 105,966
First appeared
1905
Years on the list
87 of 146
All-time
5,779
Since 2016
670
Peak year
1975 #533
Best rank
#533 1975
Girls
Boys
peak 324/yr
Sunshine first appears in 1905. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | — | 57 | #2,936 |
| 2024 | 66 | — | 66 | #2,640 |
| 2023 | 77 | 8 | 85 | #2,357 |
| 2022 | 69 | — | 69 | #2,558 |
| 2021 | 72 | — | 72 | #2,463 |
| 2020 | 75 | — | 75 | #2,348 |
| 2019 | 65 | — | 65 | #2,657 |
| 2018 | 73 | — | 73 | #2,440 |
| 2017 | 56 | — | 56 | #2,930 |
| 2016 | 52 | — | 52 | #3,147 |
| 2015 | 58 | — | 58 | #2,970 |
| 2014 | 46 | — | 46 | #3,430 |
| 2013 | 63 | — | 63 | #2,733 |
| 2012 | 70 | — | 70 | #2,575 |
| 2011 | 62 | — | 62 | #2,800 |
| 2010 | 74 | — | 74 | #2,494 |
| 2009 | 68 | — | 68 | #2,676 |
| 2008 | 75 | — | 75 | #2,515 |
| 2007 | 88 | — | 88 | #2,233 |
| 2006 | 65 | — | 65 | #2,736 |
| 2005 | 109 | — | 109 | #1,793 |
| 2004 | 86 | — | 86 | #2,103 |
| 2003 | 78 | — | 78 | #2,204 |
| 2002 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,920 |
| 2001 | 78 | — | 78 | #2,117 |
| 2000 | 96 | — | 96 | #1,806 |
| 1999 | 82 | — | 82 | #1,916 |
| 1998 | 67 | — | 67 | #2,149 |
| 1997 | 78 | — | 78 | #1,885 |
| 1996 | 59 | — | 59 | #2,259 |
| 1995 | 51 | — | 51 | #2,489 |
| 1994 | 41 | — | 41 | #2,881 |
| 1993 | 47 | — | 47 | #2,609 |
| 1992 | 41 | — | 41 | #2,875 |
| 1991 | 45 | — | 45 | #2,667 |
| 1990 | 41 | — | 41 | #2,806 |
| 1989 | 54 | — | 54 | #2,226 |
| 1988 | 46 | — | 46 | #2,376 |
| 1987 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,999 |
| 1986 | 68 | — | 68 | #1,724 |
| 1985 | 85 | — | 85 | #1,461 |
| 1984 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,326 |
| 1983 | 126 | — | 126 | #1,092 |
| 1982 | 143 | — | 143 | #1,025 |
| 1981 | 199 | 5 | 204 | #805 |
| 1980 | 241 | — | 241 | #705 |
| 1979 | 240 | — | 240 | #707 |
| 1978 | 228 | — | 228 | #697 |
| 1977 | 303 | 5 | 308 | #574 |
| 1976 | 296 | 9 | 305 | #565 |
| 1975 | 324 | — | 324 | #533 |
| 1974 | 255 | 7 | 262 | #611 |
| 1973 | 115 | 5 | 120 | #1,021 |
| 1972 | 81 | — | 81 | #1,269 |
| 1971 | 47 | 6 | 53 | #1,863 |
| 1970 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,051 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,086 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,181 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,708 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,725 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,007 |
| 1956 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,981 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,345 |
| 1954 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,288 |
| 1952 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,221 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,481 |
| 1932 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,933 |
| 1931 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,531 |
| 1929 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1928 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,365 |
| 1927 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,410 |
| 1926 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,047 |
| 1925 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,813 |
| 1924 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,599 |
| 1923 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,668 |
| 1922 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,162 |
| 1921 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,060 |
| 1920 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,421 |
| 1919 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,922 |
| 1918 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,943 |
| 1917 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,225 |
| 1916 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,606 |
| 1915 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,020 |
| 1914 | 9 | — | 9 | #2,571 |
| 1912 | 8 | — | 8 | #2,310 |
| 1907 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,504 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,228 |